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The Zooplus board was delighted In seventh heaven
with fiscal 2020: (from left) Chief
Operating Officer Dr Mischa Ritter,
Chief Executive Officer Dr
Cornelius Patt und Chief Financial
Officer Andreas Maueröder. Zooplus aims to double its sales by 2025. This report drove the
share price up on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, causing the
stock value to increase over a number of days.

The outbreak of the coronavirus line shopping worldwide provided Zooplus’s own brands, according
pandemic and the resulting am- a substantial boost for Zooplus AG, to the company. Private label
plification of the trend towards on- which was reflected in its results business now accounts for 16
for 2020. Europe’s leading online per cent of total sales, up from
Zooplus sales 2020 in Europe (in 1 000 euros) retailer of pet products brought its 14 per cent in the previous year.
2020 2019 last financial year to a close with Earnings before interest, taxes,

Germany 395 389 348 363 an 18 per cent increase in sales to depreciation and amortisation
1.802 bn euros. The overall volume (EBITDA) rose by 51.5 mio euros
France 291 428 247 670
was thus at the upper end of the to 61.3 mio euros, equivalent to
Poland 169 764 137 177
forecast of between 1.77 bn and an EBITDA margin of 3.5 per cent
Italy 142 388 115 849 1.81 bn euros as set out on the (2019: 0.8 per cent).
Great Britain 133 201 111 471 company’s Capital Markets Day. In 2020, Zooplus saw dou-
Netherlands 104 605 94 760 ble-digit growth in all coun-
Strong fourth quarter try markets. The online retailer
Spain 91 369 82 030
A strong fourth quarter was re- points to the growing number of
Belgium 90 288 73 732
sponsible for the extremely pos- active returning customers as a
Switzerland 69 832 52 383 itive result. Compared with the significant success factor, and
Austria 50 996 43 052 same quarter of the previous this number increased by 16
Czech Republic 44 550 39 433 year, Zooplus boosted its sales per cent to more than five mil-
by 20 per cent to 503 mio euros. lion in 2020. Spending by these
Denmark 36 049 31 077
In addition to the upbeat sales customers even attained a re-
Sweden 34 600 29 617
trend, the retailer also succeeded cord gross value of 383 euros
Finland 30 561 27 224 in expanding its gross profit per transaction in December.
Other countries 116 502 89 858 margin to 30.4 per cent, aided Zooplus also stresses the very
Total 1 801 522 1 523 696 mainly by the above-average in- high sales-related resale rate,
crease of 30.4 per cent in sales of which grew from 91 to 99 per
Source: Zooplus

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